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SEATTLE REPUBLICAN Historical POLITICAL POT - PIE --- VOL. IX., NO. 35 Harold Preston took his defeat for the United States senate unusually hard, and he, it would seem, unduly criticises those members of the legislature who did not vote for him, and thereby either assure his election or a deadlock. Perhaps Mr. Preston had grounds for this criticism, but those who opposed him do not feel that he had sufficient grounds to warrant his satirical remarks concerning themselves after he was defeated. A vulgar expression runs thus: "Chickens will come home to roost." Four years ago Harold Preston bolted a Republican caucus because that caucus would not elect to the United States senate, not the man that Harold Preston was sent to the legislature to vote for, but because it would not elect Levi Ankeny, who four years thereafter didn't do a thing to him. Mr. Preston bolted that caucus without any grounds or excuse, and if he had received his just deserts he would never have been indorsed by a Republican convention for anything, because he himself and of his own free will left the Republican party when he bolted its legitimate caucus in 1899 because he could not have his own political way therein. . . . Mr. Preston's opponents did not feel very kindly to him for that, but they did not criticise him near so severely, if at all, for his rash act as did he his opponents, who, not only did not refuse to abide by the decision of the caucus, but voted for him in the caucus. This did not by any means satisfy Mr. Preston; far from it, for he wanted them to do as he had done only in another direction—refuse to go into a caucus—notwithstanding the fact that a majority of the Republicans were clamoring for one. If the minority had blocked the will of the majority by preventing a caucus, Mr. Preston would have been in his proper element. It was all right for Mr. Preston to apply an un-Republican principle to the other fellow and it was all right for Mr. Preston to want the minority members of the legislature to block the election of any one else so long as it was in his behalf, but he seriously objected to having the good old Republican principle—the majority rule—when it meant his defeat. It made all the difference in the world with him whose ox was gored. . . . When Harold Preston was defeated for the United States senate and when the railroad commission bill will have been defeated, as it will be, it would seem that Governor McBride's political star will have set, especially in the Republican party. It is very generally predicted and believed that the governor will bolt his party in 1904, because his party will neither indorse his ideas nor will it give him the nomination that he desires. In other words, he will be a king without a country—a political boss without a following. The defeat of the governor's hobby naturally means his political undoing. It will be impossible for him to muster up strength enough in the Republican party to command a nomination for governor from the state convention. If he had the northwest solid for him he might stand some show of being nominated, but the governor can't bring more than one county of the northwest to the next state convention favoring his nomination, and that is Skagit, and he will have a hot fight to get that. He may be able to get some strength from Eastern Washington, but even in that section of the state he will find it impossible to get votes enough to make a decent showing in a state convention. Under such circumstances there is but one thing left for him to do, and that is to bolt the Republican nominees and force a SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1903 fusion alliance with the Democrats, who, in their desperation, might nominate him for governor. To accomplish this, however, he has a herculean task before him, because the Democrats feel that they have some slight assurance of success themselves and if there are any gubernatorial honors to be handed out it is more than likely that they will be passed to the Democrats instead of to renegade disgruntled Republicans. . . . Not to be daunted from his purpose ,the governor proposes to make one more stand, and although he now realizes that it will prove his "Waterloo." Yet he will do so because all is lost anyway. The harder he fights, however, agalanst odds, the greater will be his following when he goes over to Turner and his Democratic cohorts. Senator Turner after all seemed to have known what he was talking about when he said on the stump last fall. "Governor McBride would be in 'the Democratic party very soon.' 'Had the senator and the governor talked the matter over, is now the question. Subsequent developments would seem to indicate they had. . . . The practical elimination of Governor McBride from the gubernatorial race at the hands of the next Republican state convention has brought to the surface a number of aspirants for that honor, who are vieing with each other in their efforts to be seen by the general public in the most favorable light. While the railroad influence will not openly advocate the nomination of any particular man, yet its fine Italian hand will play a conspicuous part in the proceedings of the next state convention. --- The name of Gilbert Hunt, who was financial manager of the recent Ankeny senatorial campaign at Olympia, is being mentioned just now in connection with the gubernatorial nomination, and, owing to the fact that Mr. Ankeny was successful, and is supposed to favor Mr. Hunt, his ambitions are being given some consideration by the politicians, but it is hardly probable that a governor and a United States senator will come from the same small town of Eastern Washington, however popular Mr. Hunt may be. . . . The name of Hon. Ellis Morrison of King county, who was once speaker of the house of representatives of this state, and who is at present chairman of the Republican state central committee, is likewise being mentioned for the gubernatorial nomination. Mr. Morrison took no visible part in the late senatorial fight, and is therefore in line for political promotion, providing King county will indorse him and not seek the next senatorial election, which she will hardly do. Senator George H. Baker of Klickitat county is also being mentioned in this connection, and very favorably so. If the governorship is to go to Eastern Washington, and if the Ankeny-railroad push controls the next state convention, and Senator Baker wishes this nomination, he can have it for the asking. *** Another candidate is being groomed by the politicians of Eastern Washington for the gubernatorial nomination in the person of M. E. Hay of Lincoln county, who is at present secretary of the Republican state central committee. Mr. Hay, to some extent, has kept his hands out of the political scrap now coming on between the railroad people and the McBride people, and evidently reasons to himself that he is improving his opportunities for gubernatorial preferment at the hands of the coming Republican state convention. J. O'Brien Scobey, the czar of Thurston county politics, has not as yet lost his desire to be governor of this state, and, if he can unite the southwest counties in his favor he may succeed. He is very friendly to the Ankeny push now, owing to the fact that he flopped to Mr. Ankeny after he had been given a most lucrative position by John L. Wilson, and never loses an opportunity in his paper at present to knife the man who gave him his first political boost. State Senator C. F. Clapp has been solicited to allow the use of his name for the gubernatorial nomination, but he has steadfastly refused and still says that he would not accept the nomination if handed him on a golden platter. Those advocating Mr. Clapp's nomination believe that if he would allow the use of his name he would be able to bring to the state convention every county from the northwest, even to Skagit, the home of Governor McBride. *** The present speaker of the house of representatives, the genial gentleman from the sunny sands of North Yakima, has listened entertainingly, so it is said, to the seductive hum of the gubernatorial bee, which has buzzed about his dignatorial bonnet in no uncertain tones ever since he captured the official plum that he is now sucking. Mr. Hare has always been favorably mentioned by the state politicians, and being now something of a peace maker between the two jarring factions of the Republican party, he might scoop the nomination as a compromise between two extremes. One of the three congressmen from this state hails from the same city and county as does he, but that would not materially injure his chances, as W. L. Jones is now a fixture so far as the Republicans are concerned. The crop of candidates, it will thus be seen, for the gubernatorial nomination is already very prolific, but there are still others who have not budded yet, though they will do so, it is thought, in the very near future. . . . King county's failure to get a United States senator at the hands of the Eighth legislature has caused consternation to prevail among those politicians who were desirous of having the largest county in the state as to population directly represented in the United States senate. They are now debating, not only in their own minds, but among themselves, as to whether it would be better for them to surrender all claims for representation on the state ticket to be named by the coming state convention and make a united effort to get the senatorship or fight for a part of everything in sight. It is reasoned by many of the leading Republicans that the northwest should have a congressman, and that place should be given to Frank Brownell of Snohomish county, and for that concession the entire northwest would be a unit for King county's man for United States senator. The friends of Mr. Brownell stood ready to enter into such an agreement at the last state convention, but the plans by some means miscarried. The Pie-maker feels assured that Mr. Brownell can secure the nomination next yeaer if he will make the proper overtures to King county. If such an agreement could be reached also with some section of Eastern Washington on the governorship, King county would stand a splendid show of getting the United States senator in 1905, which is the thing of all things she desires most at the hands of the voters of the state of Washington. --- One of the most popular officials about the state house is Auditor John D. Atkinson. Since the Eighth legislature has been in session he has been called upon by both the members and the lobbyists for a great many favors in the way of public information, which he has always cheerfully given without cost or worry to the one seeking such, and it has made for him a host of friends throughout the state. Mr. Atkinson is always MIKE DOOGEN'S FIRST LETTER The letter below will introduce to the readers of The Seattle Republican Mike Doogen, an amusing Irish dialect writer, who will furnish the paper with a similar letter every week. His next week's letter will be even more interesting than the one herein.—Ed. Oim doin well now thin Oim in the City Council, uv course yese dont know phat that manes in this toun, before yese kin git illicted to the City Council in this toun, yese go to fayther abraham, the bys calls him, an gits ixamend and sugarra its scart yese will be at first, fur he makes yese think hede not be satisfeid with wan pound of flesh, but wud take yese carkass, the ixamination is purty hard on yese morail idukation, yese skule idukashon dont count, ef yese has bin to sunday Skule an church much, yese better deni it. He looks at yese like shillock when he was sharpening his nife an his boot leg, an sez, sez he, moike kin I trust yese, Oi sez, sez i, indade yese kin to the intint of a thousand dollars to begin wid, and if yese be fooling, shtop now fur me heart is wake, thin he sez sez he Molike kin yese be a disinterestid frind to the Seattle Electric Company? Oi sez, sez i, indade of kin, after-wards not before, how much? siz oi. Thin he sez, sez he, bother Moike, why don't yese anser me loike a sinsible man. Oi sez sez Oi how the divil kin ofi tell how much oi want from yese whin Oi dont kno how much yese will want from me. thin he sez, hez he, moike, winess air illicted yese kin git a thousand dollars on yese own note doo in two years. Oi sez whin kin Oi git the note? and he sez, sez he, whin you git the money. good, sez oi, but phats the use to bother at all at all wid the note. It looks better sez he, all rite sez oi, make lots of thim notes. thin he puts his arms around me, and sez, sez he, Moike darling Moike, be tru to the Seattle Electric Company and yese notes will be good all the time. it wuz a luvly talk we had, this wuz my first experience wid him, hese a foin gintleman fayther. Whin the illiction kum on, oi was surounded wid frinds and wese all had money to bate the divil, an nothing could bate me, oi wus for the peeple, & agin korporashons steelin the rites of the deer peeple. fayther dere fayther, if yese cud have had sum uv the good whiskey that wus wasted thim days yese wuld di happy. When nite kum oi wus so drunk an so happy, the bys held me up to the counter where the Seattle Electric Company does business illiction times an sung Well fayther is wus a foine drunk an wud yese behave it the whiskey is free to me in ivery saloon in toun because oim a city fayther an a frind to the Seattle Electric Company. Sivin of us is frindly to the Seattle Electric Company. the company is now dalen for one more mimber, wan of us mgiht di jist whin the hole sivin is naded to save the city from korupt and graspin soalless thavin korpurations. Oive had great truble to remember thim words, fayther abraham told me to use thim in my talk an in my spaches in council, but more uv this in my nixt letter. if wan uf uus sivin should di, such a toime. Whin oi think uv it oi trimble fur the peeple an so do fayther abraham. Whin oi told him uv the eminant danger, an rlcominded the invistmint uv wan more councilman, he lade his finger on the top uv his romain nose an sez, sez he, Moike Doogen mi onst frind is there wan more onest man in the council. Oi cud only say. Yese will hav to ixamine thim as yese did the rist uv us. Yese niver kin tell a onest councilman by looking at him. This plased him so much that he sez sez he Moike Doogen, mi darling frind, cum an sit in mi lap. Oi sez sez oi dont insult me. Oim a frind to the Seattle Electric Company an forninst korupt an graspin soalless thaving korporations but oim no femail by a dom site, Oill drink whiskey wid yese, oill play yese favorit game uv poker wid you, but oi wont set in yese lap. He sez Moike, ese to tuchy. Well fayther oi will rite yese a letter nixt wake an tell yese about quare things in the Council an how the sivin uv us save the City from fallin into the hands of the korupt an graspin soalless thaving korporations, an how the Seattle Electric Company stans by us fur purity an onesty. Oim biling hot some toimes, whin oi think uv phat wud happin to this toun, if it wusent fur us sivin, an the Seattle Electric Company. Deer fayther. Limrick ireland Oi promised yese a letter, now thin. Oim doin well now thin Oim in the dont know phat that manes in this toun, the City Council in this toun, yese go to him, an gits ixamend and bugarra its scam makes yese think hede not be satisfide wud take yese carkass, the ixamination is idukation. yese skule idukashon dont cou Skule an church much, yese better deni it. He looks at yese like shilock when he his boot leg, an sez, sez he, moike kin I t yese kin to the ixtint of a thousand dollar fooling, shtop now fur me hart is wake, this be a disinterested frind to the Seattle Ele indade of kin, after-wards not before, how how much sez he. How much sez Oi. Thin he sez, sez he, bother Moike, whi sinsible man. Oi sez sez Oi how the divi from yese whin Oi dont kno how much yese sez, hez he, molike, whin yese air illicted y on yese own note doo in two years. Oi and he sez, sez he, whin you git the money use to bother at all at all wid the note. I sez oi, make lots of thim notes. thin he p sez, sez he, Molike darling Moike, be tru to and yese notes will be good all the time. i wuz my first experience wid him, hese a the illiction kum on, oi was surrounded wid to bate the divil, an nothing could bate me korporashons steelin the rites of the deer. if yese cud have had sum uv the good whis yese wuld di happy. When nite kum oi wus held me up to the counter where the Seattle ness illiction times an sung Moike Doogen yer it. yer it moike Doogen Well fayther is wus a foine drunk an is free to me in ivery saloon in toun be frind to the Seattle Electric Company. Sivin of us is friendly to the Seattle E is now dalen for one more mimber, wan hole sivin is naded to save the city from thavin korpurations. Oive had great true fayther abraham told me to use thim in council, but more uv this in my nixt letter di, such a tome. Whin oi think uv it oi do fayther abraham. Whin oi told him uv minded the invistmint uv wan more count the top uv his romain nose an sez, sez he is there wan more onest man in the council hav to ixamine thim as yese did the rist onest councilman by looking at him. This sez sez he Moike Doogen, mi darling frind, sez oi dont insult me. Oim a frind to the fornist korupt an graspin soalless thavin mail by a dom site. Oill drink whiskey w game uv poker wid you, but oi wont set in to tuchy. Well fayther oi will rite yese a letter quare things in the Council an how the s fallin into the hands of the korupt an gractions, an how the Seattle Electric Compa onesty. Oim biling hot some toimes, whin to this toun, if it wusent fur us sivin, an th Yure luvin sun City haul Seattle, wash City haul Seattle. a pleasant, congenial gentleman, and is truly an ideal public servant. Should he desire a renomination or should he desire to step up a notch he will find many throughout the state ready and willing to lend him a hand. \* \* \* Washington's Eighth legislature evidently does not entertain similar views as to the rights of the American Negro as does President Roosevelt, for, in the former's distribution of public patronage, it could find nothing for the Negroes to do but the cleaning of cuspidors, while the latter proclaims that nothing in the gift of the president is too good for a Negro if he is qualified to hold it. The state senator who spoke loud and long for representation for the colored voters has a darn poor idea of political recognition if that cuspidore job is a sample of his recognition. Such is certainly not looked upon by the Negro voters of the state of Washington as any political recognition. To prevent state and county officials fortu from riding on railway and steamboat after PRICE FIVE CENTS FIRST LETTER. to the readers of The Seattle Re- Irish dialect writer, who will fur- er every week. His next week's let- than the one herein.—Ed. Seattle City Haul, Oct. 1902. in the City Council, uv course yese toun, before yese kin git illicted to go to fayther abraham, the bys calls its scart yese will be at first, fur he usfide with wan pound of flesh, but action is purty hard on yese morail ant count, ef yese has bin to sunday adeni it. when he was sharpening his nife an in I trust yese, Oi sez, sez i, indade in dollars to begin wid, and if yese be like, thin he sez sez he Moike kin yese the Electric Company? Oi sez, sez i, how much? siz oi. like, why don't yese anser me loike a civil kin oi tell how much oi want such yese will want from me. thin he acted yese kin git a thousand dollars Oi sez win kin Oi git the note? money, good, sez i, but phats the note. It looks better sez he. all rite in he puts his arms around me, and tru to the Seattle Electric Company some. it wuz a luvly talk we had, thisese a foin gintleman fayther. Whin wid frinds and wese all had money ate me. oi wus for the peeple, & agin deer peeple. fayther dere fayther, and whiskey that wus wasted thim days oi wus so drunk an so happy, the bys Seattle Electric Company does bis-er it. Doogen. ink an wud yese belave it the whiskey man because oim a city fayther an a many. Battle Electric Company. the company wan of us mgihi di jist whin the way from korupt and graspin soalless that truble to remimber thim words, man in my talk an in my spaches in letter. if wan uf us sivin should it oi trimble fur the peeple an so uim uv the eminant danger, an ricoe councilman, he lade his finger on sez he, Moike Doogen mi onst frind council. Oi oid only say. Yese will be rist uv us. Yese niver kin tell a This plased him so much that he frind, cum an sit in mi lap. Oi sez to the Seattle Electric Company an achaving korporations but oim no fekey wid yese, oill play yese favorit set in yese lap. He sez Moike, ese letter nixt wake an tell yese about the sivin uv us save the City from an graspin soalless thaving korpora-Company stans by us fur purity an whin oi think uv phat wud happin an the Seattle Electric Company. MIKE DOOGEN. passes is the object of a house bill that has been introduced by Gunderson of Mason county. Without discussing either its merits or demerits, we "kinder" favor the bill because it would put more money in circulation. The equal to the pass privilege, if the bill should become a law, would have to be paid in cash, and then the members' legs could be pulled just a bit harder by the "profesh." * * * It may be quite true, as thinks Judge McDonald, that too much money is being used in elections. This may be true for the opposing candidate with no money to spend in his behalf, but for the political grafter not half enough is used. The term "too much" in this connection is altogether a one-sided statement. ```markdown ``` Patrickhenrywinston, which, by the way, is a Spokane fossil recently discovered, is to set up in Seattle. Unfortunate city! How one calamity after another does befall it. The Seattle Republican's special edition was an excellent production, and Editor Cayton is to be congratulated. —Whatcom Blade. The souvenir number of the Seattle Republican was a hummer and fully the best that has reached our office this season.—Castle Rock Advocate. "Suppress the smoke nuisance" is the cry of the town, which is right and proper, but there are other nuisances in Seattle that should likewise be suppressed—for instance, the "honest tom humes" nuisance. China, the oldest and most extensive empire of the world, seems to be fast toterting to a fare-you-well fall, which will be nuts for European nations to crack. If the number of fatalities throughout the country hold up in the same proportion as they have for the first month of this year, this promises to be a year of many mishaps. Secretary Hay may be able to do something as a diplomat to bring to his name perpetual fame, but we do not believe it. There seems to be nothing to him. This country is perhaps badly in need of a larger navy, as thinks Hobson, the osculator, but the recruits, in our opinion, should not be men of Hobson's stripe. In Hayti's attempt to float a $300,000,000 loan she is not showing the amount of faith she has in herself, as thinks the Tacoma Ledger, but the amount of faith she has in the nation or nations that will furnish the money. Germany's Venezuelian bragadocia attitude should be given a decided set-back by Uncle Sam. Those Dutch devils need to be taught that the United States government demands respectable treatment. Senator Van de Vanter seems to have no objection to being styled "the arch conspirator" of the thirteen who stood for a senatorial caucus. Van de Vanter is one man that has no fear of public criticism. Never was public comment, both in the pulpit and the press, throughout the state and the entire Northwest, more kindly to the departing of a fellow man than of the late John B. Allen. Though Seattle wined and dined Senator-elect Ankeny to his heart's content, the latter knows full well he owes the former nothing in a political way, and it is highly probable that she will get nothing at his hands. Because news of a conspiracy to take his life got to the ears of Godfrey Hunter he seems to have thought himself justified in shooting to death in the back an opponent. After all, the average Kentuckian possesses a queer kind of chivalry. Ballard's bank busted the other day because some fly-up-the-creek had four bits deposited therein, and the banker being sick, he conceived the idea that he might lose it. If a little money, like a little education, is not a dangerous thing, then it's awfully near it. Governor McGraw wants to see the Lake Washington government canal built, because he knows it is something and represents something, and will be an actuality if the South canal pretenders are only squelched by the friends of the city of Seattle. It may be true that one or both of the Morans may have to lend their molders a helping hand, but they have been there before, and in doing so they have the satisfaction of knowing that the Morans and not the unions are running their business. Whether it is February first, second or third that is ground hog day, it was all the same so far as the prospects of an early spring are concerned, for this year, as Mr. Hog saw his shadow all of the days, and he therefore is doomed to six weeks more sleep. Senator Stewart's proposition to have the United States senators elected by popular vote is a very popular measure, but is not Senator Stewart in the same position as was the man who locked the barn door after the horses had been stolen? Osculating Hobson prefers to resign his $3,000 commission rather than to go to work. His resignation should be accepted forthwith if not sooner, for in doing so the government navy will be well rid of bad Southern rubbish. A crusade is raging in this city just now against a "light monopoly." Throughout the country war is being waged against the heavy monopoly, and it is rather out of the ordinary for the light monopoly to be attacked when bigger game is in sight. Dr. Parkhurst may have gotten considerable information from his slumming escapades, but many more are coming to him before he will have sufficient experience to edit a newspaper. "A fool and his money soon part," so runs an old adage, and if Dr. Parkhurst ventures in the journalistic field that will be his experience. Senator Tillman's allegation that he represents a state that "believes in decent treatment of white people at least," doubtless forecasts his nephew's line of defense for murdering Editor Gonzales. If it can be shown that Gonzales was not "white" Tillman's release will be instantaneous. Who would have thought it? We are pleased to announce to the public that Mike Doogen, an amusing Irish dialect writer, will from time to time furnish The Seattle Republican a spicy weekly letter. The first of the series appears in this issue and while very amusing, it is likewise very pointed; but it is nothing in comparison with the one for next week's paper. When the administrator of the Yesler estate got $50,000 for his trouble and his attorneys $30,000 for advising him how to get $50,000, a precedent along this line was set, which the administrator of the John Sullivan estate seems inclined to take advantage of, but Sam Piles is interested in that estate, and seriously objects, and it won't go. Cole Younger's unconditional pardon with the understanding he leave the state and never voluntarily return frees Minnesota from lugging a great big white elephant. While the board of pardons forbids him posing in dime museums on account of his past notoriety, it is very donutful if the board can prevent it when he once leaves the state. Uncle Sam's and Johnny Bull's boundary dispute is to be settled by arbitration if Secretary Hay's idea prevails. Inasmuch as Great Britain is trying to get something for nothing, we hardly see the necessity of going through an arbitration court to settle whether we are to keep our own or give it to some one else simply because the other fellow wants it. What has Seattle done that she is to be forced to entertain within her gates one Schley, the man who hounded Sampson to his grave? While we hardly advocate the closing of the gates against him, yet we suggest that he be given such a cold reception by the business men of this city that if he does enter our portals he will all but freeze in his tracks. We have been creditably informed by one who ought to know that some sensational indictments against would be prominent citizens of Seattle will soon be returned by the grand jury. It is very generally believed that there are plenty of subjects in this city that are in line for indictment, and if the grand jury does not do so it will not have done what is expected of it. Municipal Ownership.—The bulletin of the department of labor for September, 1902, shows that of the 137 cities in the United States with a population of 30,000 or more, 100 own and operate their water works systems; but that only thirteen own their electric light plants; and that only four own and operate their gas works.—The Municipality. Woolen Mill Store, 1117 First Ave. We Wash, Pick, Card, Spin and Weave Wool into Blankets, Flannels and Cloths, and know it is Pure. IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF GOOD INSURANCE. Call up Rev. J. Gordon McPherson, agent Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., of New York. who will write you a policy from five cents per week upwards. Phone Red 8532. Residence 509 (rear) 7th Ave. SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT The National Bank Of Commerce SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT The National Bank Of Commerce H. C. HENRY, Pres. R. R. SPENCER, Cashier. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE With which is amalgamated THE BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Head Office Toronto. Established 1867. Capital paid up. $ 8,000,000 00 (Eight Million Dollars) Surplus. 2,500,000 00 Assets, November 30, 1902 72,825,632 56 Accounts of Banks, Corporations, Firms and Individuals solicited. Drafts issued available in any part of the World. Interest allowed on Time Deposits. Having established branches at DAWSON, WHITE HORSE, SKAGWAY and ATLIN, this Bank has exceptional facilities for handling YUKON and ALASKA business. A General Banking Business transacted. Seattle Branch G. V. Holt, Cor. Sec. Ave. and James St. Manager. THE PUGET SOUND NATIONAL BANK OF SEATTLE. Capital stock paid in.....$528,000 Surplus ..... 35,000 Jacob Furth, President; J. S. Goldsmith, Vice President; R. V. Ankeny, Cashier. Correspondence in all the principal cities of the United States and Europe. THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK. Capital Paid up ..... $ 100,000 00 Deposits ..... 2,250,000 00 Interest on time and Savings Deposits. Drafts and money orders issued on all parts of the world. Cor. Yesler Way and First Ave. South. JAMES D. HOGE, Jr., President. LESTER TURNER, Cashier. MAURICE M'MICKEN, Vice Pres. R. F. PARKHURST, Asst. Cash. A general banking business transacted. Letters of credit sold on all principal cities of the world. Special facilities for collecting on British Columbia, Alaska and all Pacific Northwest points. We have a Bank at Cape Nome. OPENING SALE MONDAY 15c Yellow Bowl .....10c 20c Yellow Bowl .....13c 25c Yellow Bowl .....18c 35c Yellow Bowl .....25c Basin .....79c $1.25 1st Quality Ewers and $1.25 1st Quality Cabinets .....89c 65c 1st Quality Chambers .....43c SPELGER & HURLBUT 1333 to 1337 Second Ave. .. Arcade Bldg. Citizens' Gas LIKE SUNNY JIM, HAS "FORCE" BEHIND IT and is bound to WIN Seattle 1425 First Ave. PHONES Ind. 75 Sunset M 1186 Ballard 243 Ballard Ave. PHONE Sunset M 23 Kodaks Of the latest and best makes. Photograph sup- plies. Washington Denta- tal Co., Seattle, Wash. Frames Walker Portrait and Picture Co. 1424 Third ave. Frames made to suit you. Agts wanted. Machines Wheeler & Wilson and Domestic. H. Hansen, 215 Columbia. Phone Blk 1621. Accident Get a $10,000 accident insurance policy for $25 per year. J.A. Kellog. 219 Bailey bg. Contractor And Builder. First class workmen. Address 2022 Eighth Av. Phone Buff 1267. Lighting and Power Rates ...Reduced... IN EFFECT DECEMBER 1. THE NEW LIGHTING RATE. watt hour for the first 30 hours per month use and 5c for all additional consumption, subject to a per cent. for prompt payment. THE NEW POWER RATE. watt hour for the first 60 hours per month use of and 3c for all additional consumption, subject to schedule of discounts for prompt payment. up to $50.....10 per cent. up to $100.....20 per cent. up to $150.....25 per cent. up to $200.....30 per cent. up to $300.....35 per cent. up to $500.....40 per cent. discounts are determined by interpolation. for further particulars call at office Seattle Electric Company 20c per kilowatt hour for the first 30 hours per month use of the lights, and 5c for all additional consumption, subject to a discount of 10 per cent, for prompt payment. 909 First Ave. as OUR PRICES and TERMS ARE THE LOWEST Sherman, Clay & Co. STEINWAY DEALERS J. Redelsheimer & Co. Leading Clothiers of The Northwest. 800-2 First Ave. J. Redelsheimer & Co. As You Like It, Stylish and Up-to-Date. Frank's Place 84 West Madison Street Near Western Avenue. John H. McGraw Geo. B. Kittinger REAL ESTATE Fire and Marine Insurance Boom B, Bailey Building Telephone Main 695 BUILDING MATERIAL Of all kinds. The very best. delivered on short notice. STETSON POST MILL CO. Established 1875. Tel. Main 3. Coal all Coal GOOD RULE BUSINESS COLLEGE Uncle Joe Plenty of money to loan on diamonds, watches and all kinds of Jewelry and valuables Phone John 1031 517 Second Avenue. prepares students and secures positions for its graduates. : : : : Write or phone us to-day Phone Main 591 McLaren & Thomson, SEATTLE, WASH. Call on us for YOUR PIANO TERMS Pianos sold as low as $6.00 Per Month Hair Cut Cresent Cream Coffee TRUSTED CRESCENT CREAM COFFEE Poured and Distributed CreSCENT Monthly Con- imports of HIGHLIGHT BURNS LOTTERY SAFFLLE COFFEE COMPANY Strictly High Grade; Used by all Lovers of Really Good Coffee and Recom- mended by the Leading Chefs. ALBERT HANSEN JEWELER AND SILVERSMITH Dealer in Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, Rich Cut Glass, Etc. WESTBERG & CHILDS Tailor Made Suits, Skirts, Waists on Easy Weekly Payments. WASHINGTON IRON WORKS Founders, Machinists and Boilermakers. Works Grant Street Bridge, Seattle Wash. Telephone 94. THE TOGGERY CLEANING, DYEING AND REPAIRING Suit Pressing Club, $1.50 per Month. Phone Main 1269. 722 Third Ave. PHONE BUFF 642 Agne "The Printer" 214 Spring Street Seattle, Wash Diamond Ice Leaves no slime in the refrigerator, because it is made from distilled artesian water. TEL PIKE 159 The Best Coal Newcastle LUMP COAL. Only at the Bunkers of the Pacific Coast Go Phone Main 92. BROTHER IN BLACK. Langston, Oklahoma, has a colored Catholic school. There will be a colored dry goods store opened in Oklahoma City by leading colored men. Chadwick & Jones, of Guthrie, Oklahoma, are the only colored undertakers in the territory. Cury & McDaniel, the colored capitalists of South McAlester, I. T., have chartered a company of $25,000 to operate coal mines. Wetmore Harris, one of the colored heroes, who made a miraculous escape from the battleship Maine, died in Richmond, Va., last week. "The United Negro," official proceeding of the great Negro Congress, which met in Atlanta, has been placed on the market. It is a contribution to history worth preserving. A number of Negroes are preparing to leave Arkansas, Alabama and other Southern states to develop cotton in Liberia, selling their farms at a sacrifice to complete the amount necessary for expenses. Sunower county, in which Indianola, Miss., is situated, has 4,006 white citizens and 12,070 blacks. The town itself has a population of 630. W. E. Howell, the "illy-white" Republican leader appointed collector of internal revenue, at New Orleans, La., has attempted to turn the tables on the regular Republicans by appointing as chief deputy collector William W. Johnson, one of the darkest Afro-Americans in the state. To make a place for him a white man of the regular Republicans and son of a former United States district attorney and postmaster, was let go. Mrs. Lavina Smith, a colored woman, has been notified that she has become heir to property in Lake Forest, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, valued at $378,000. She is 56 years old. Thirty years ago she and her husband became estranged. He was wealthy and after his death the property became involved in litigation. This has been closed and Mrs. Smith has just been found by the attorneys in the case. Gifts of $25,000 from Andrew Carnegie and the old female college buildings at Hillsboro, Ohio, have come to the Loyal Legion of Labor, a new Negro organization. The organization was formed about 18 months ago by Z. W. Mitchell of Springfield, Ohio, a colored newspaper man, after studying the race problem in the South. Its object is the uplifting of the colored people by uniting them in educational work and for worthy political purposes. Mr. Carnegie's gift is conditional on the raising of a like sum by the organization. The gift of the college buildings is conditional on their being used for educational purposes. Captain Lynch entertained a select nice audience at the Y. M. C. A. hall last Thursday evening, in a lecture upon Cuba and Cubans. His remarks were well pointed and dealt a good deal with the Negro in Cuba from every standpoint, which went to show that the captain was observant of conditions in the island as well as attending to his official duties.—Omaha Progress. The Seattle Republican arrived at our office this week printed on fine book paper, and with portraits of prominent men of the State of Washington, alo many cuts of magnificent buildings of Seattle. The general make-up of the paper is good, and not only reflects credit on Editor Cayton but the city of Seattle also, and all should justly feel proud of the Republican.—Utah Plain Dealer. Following is a passage from a sermon delivered by Rev. Ulysses A. Foster (white), of Bemidji, Minn., to a large audience on December 28th "This business of lynching is the worst blot upon the body of our society, and is a burning disgrace to the American people. And if I were governor of Kansas I would have the perpetrators of that dastardly deed of lynching that innocent colored man on Christmas eve run down and justice meted out to them if it cost every dollar in the state of Kansas. I believe in absolute equality before the law to every man, regardless of race or color, and the fact that President Roosevelt is broad enough to recognize that principle and to invite Booker T. Washington to dinner with him in the White House is a sufficient reason in itself why he should be nominated and re-elected in 1904." PURELY PERSONAL. Rev. J. Gordon McPherson joined in holy wedlock last Monday evening Mr. Fred Bagley and Miss Dolly Jones. Mrs. Frank L. Wilson has returned to the Queen City after a pleasant visit in Oakland, Cal. Mr. George H. Grose is expected home most any day and owing to sickness will not return to work for some time. Mr. Willian Bagley of Roslyn is assisting Rev. Freeman in his revival meetings and much success is reported. The apartments of B. R. Orey were robbed one day this week. The intruders were soon apprehended and are now in durance vile. Mr. Frank T. Anderson has been forced to move his barber shop on account of his landlord finding a more profitable tenant. He has not as yet found a suitable location. Mr. Gustave Aldrich, one of Tacoma's Afro-American attorneys-at-law, is charged with having eloped with the wife of L. C. Copeland, of that city. Warrants are out for their arrest. Three young men tried to buck the Masonic goat last Tuesday night. They say he was a broncho, but they are hale fellows of the craft now and wearing a big "G." Mount Zion Baptist Church, J. Gordon McPherson, pastor. Preaching, 11 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday school, 12.30. Morning subject, "The old Homes." Evening, "Lesson drawn from a Rainbow." Mr. H. T. Bailey and Mr. Carson Miller visited the City of Destiny last Wednesday and while there attended the Old Fellows lodge meeting They report a very pleasant time and the lodge thrifty. The many friends of Mrs. W. J. Gudger will give a grand testimonial benefit concert next week to assist her. She is at present very low in room 57 Providence Hospital. It is hoped that this benefit will be a glowing success, such as the Scattie Spirit can make it. Rev. J. Gordon McPherson, pastor Mt. Zion Baptist Church, is one of the authorized agents of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York. Why not let him write you a policy on the industrial plan from five cents per week upwards. Phone Red 8532 or 509 rear 7th Ave. The banquet given by the members of the Mount Zion Church alst Thursday evening was a brilliant success. Much credit is due the ladies, who had charge of the affair, among whom were Mrs. Wm. Wilson, Mrs. Fanny Graves, Mrs. J. A. Davis, Mrs. M. Wilbur, Mrs. McDonald and Mrs. Lenord. $4.00 to $8.00 a day guaranteed to every person sending their name and address to Scott Remedy Co., P. O. Box 570, Louisville, Ky. Write at once. COLE'S HOT BLAST SAVES ONE-THIRD YOUR COAL BILL We are the Seattle Agents for the Cole's Hot Blast Original Coal Stove. Ernst Bros. 506 PIKE STREET Phone John 2831 Ind. 1151 Largest Stock of PIANOS and small musical instruments of all kinds in the city. We make a feature of low prices and easy terms. Now closing out our sheet music de- partment at less than cost. D. S. JOHNSTON COMPANY 903 Second Avenue, Burke Building. SHAMEK'S RAINY DAY STORE 1307 Second Ave. Arcade Building Over 1,000 Umbrellas sold the first week —our prices do the work. We will save you one-quarter your money Each and every umbrella guaranteed. Repairing and Covering a Specialty. R. F. Barrett J. O. Rockwell 213 Cherry (Grand Op. House alley) Telephones: Ind. A1344. Sunset Black 7183 Roslyn Coal... TIME TRIED After two years' use in Seattle it stands alone the favorite Domestic Coal. Phone Union 24, Deliveries North of Pike D. B. SPELLMAN Practical Plumber and Gasfitter. Sanitary Plumbing a Specialty. 212 Columbia Street. E. R. Butterworth& Sons UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS Telephone Main 949. 1426, 1428 Third Ave. SEATTLE. MORAN BROS. CO. Manufacture and Sell LUMBER For All Purposes SEATTLE . . . . . . WASH Seattle Clothes Pressing Co. Ladies' and gents' clothing cleaned, dyed and repaired. We call for and deliver promptly. Phone Red 4484. 1007 Third Avenue IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for King County. No. 37707. Notice and Summons. Libbie Beach Brown, Plaintiff, vs. William A. Collins, of all persons unknown, it, any, having or claiming an interest or estate in and to the hereinafter described real property, Defendants. State of Washington to William A. Collins, who are the owners, or reputed owners of, and all persons unknown, claiming or having an interest or estate in and to the hereinafter described real property, Defendants. You and each of you are hereby notified that the above named plaintiff, Libbie Beach Brown, is the holder of a delinquent tax certificate, No. B7028, issued by the Treasurer of King County, Washington, embracing the following real property situated in King County, Washington, and more particularly described as follows, to witt: Lot Fifteen (15) in Block Twenty-six (26) of Glilman's Addition to Seattle. That said certificate was issued on the 12th day of April, 1901, for the sum of 153 and dequeued taxes for the years 1894, 1895 and 1906; for the following years have been paid by the Plaintiff, to-wit: the year 1897 the sum of $1.23; the year 1898 the sum of $1.88; the year 1899 the sum of $2.11; the year 1899 the sum of $2.41; the year 1901 the sum of $2.43; which several sums bear interest at the rate of fifteen per cent per annum from said date of payment. Do and each of you are hereby directed and summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this notice and summons, exclusive of the date of first publication, to-wit: within sixty days after the 23rd day of January, in above account of Court, and defend the action in the court of the amount with the costs. In case of your failure so to do, plaintiff will apply for judgment, and judgment will be rendered foreclosing the lien for said taxes and costs against the real property, lands and premises here- Attorney for Plaintiff. Room 11! Washington Building, Seattle. Washington. Jan. 23-March 6. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington, for the County of King. In Probate.—No. 3932. In the Matter of the Estate of Elizabeth S. Gilbert. Decensed. Order to Show Conse on Final Account, Distribution, Ete. The above entitled matter having come on for hearing this day upon the petition and final account of Sarah A. Kendall, the administrixr herein, praying that said account be approved, the estate distributed, the compensation said administrixr and the costs paid to the bondsmen released, and it duly appearing to the Court from said petition that the said estate is in a condition to be closed and that the costs and compensation paid to the bondsmen except the compensation to said administrixr and her attorney, and it further duly appearing to the Court that the time for presenting claims against said estate has long since expired and no claims of any kind have been filed or presented here. Now Therefore, it is by the Court being duly advised in the premises, ordered that all persons interested in or concerned with the above mentioned estate, be and appear before this Court, on the 27th day of February 1903, at the hour of 9:35 AM on said day, in Department No. 4, at the King County Court House, in the City of Seattle, in said County, and then and there show cause, if any they have, why said account should not be approved, the said estate distributed, and the compensation owed to the Court of 9:35 AM on said day, and the administratrix charged, the bondsmen released, and the estate closed and wound up according to law; and it is further ordered that a copy of this order be published in some weekly newspaper published in Seattle, once a week there published in Seattle, and herebe posed in three public places in the county for the same length of time prior to the date of said hearing according to law and the practice of this Court. Done in open Court this 23d day of January, 1903. BOYD J TALJMAN, Judge. Jan. 23—Feb. 20. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION ETC In the Superior Court of the State of Washington for the County of King. In the matter of the estate of P. J. Thor- Now, therefore, it is by the Court being duly advised in the premises, considered, ordered, adjudged and decreed that all persons whosoever interested in the estate be appear before this Court, at the King County Court House, in the City of Seattle, in said County and State, in the Probate Department thereof on Friday, the 14th of October, at 10 a.m. the hour of nine o'clock and thirty minutes past, in the morning of said day, and show cause, if any they have, why the petition of said administratrix should not be granted, and the said estate closed, and the said estate closed, and the said estate mentioned be set aside to the widow, the administratrix discharged and the estate wound up according to law, and it is further ordered that a copy of this order be published once a week at least four weeks hereof to be posted in three public places in the county for the same length of time, according to law and the practice of this Court. Done in open court this 6th day of January, 1903. BOYD J. TALLMAN, Judge. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the stockholders of the Spokane Grain Company will be held at the office of the said company at 1211 Western Avenue in the City of Seattle, King County. Washington, on Saturday, hte 7th day of March, 1003, at 2 p. m. of that day, the object and purpose of said stockholders meeting being to increase the capital stock of said company, to increase the number of shares and shares of the par value of one dollar each to one hundred thousand shares of the par value of one dollar per share. Trustees of the Spokane Grain Company. Jan. 9, March 6. SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF King, ss.—Sheriff's Office. By virtue of an execution issued out of the Honorable Superior Court of King Count- ney in the case of December 18, the clerk thereof, in the case of M. J. A. Kninson and David Zerewek, formerly par- tners doing business as Atkinson & Zerewek, plaintiffs, versus John H. Nesary and Jane Joe Nesary, his assignee, whose first name is no longer defendants, no longer 22576, to me, as sheriff, directed and delivered to Notice is hereby given that I will proceed to sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, within the hours prescribed by the Court House, on the 31st day of January, a clock a. m. on the 31st day of January, A. D. 1903, before the Court House door of said King county, in the State of Washington, all of the right, the interest and interest of the debt, to the following described property, situated in King County, State of Washington, to-wait: Lot twelve (12), in block four (4), in H. E. Holme's Addition to the property of defendant, John L. Neesley, to satisfy a judgment amounting to eighty-eight and 25-100 dollars, and costs of suit, in favor of the plaintiff. Dated this 18th day of December, 1902, the 18D CUDIHUE, Sheriff, By Wm. Corcoran, Deputy. Dec. 26-Jan. 23. NOTICE OF MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. Notice of meeting of stockholders of the Seattle Mattress & Upholstery Co. March 30th, 1903, at 10 a. m., at the office of the above Co., at 913 First Ave. South, Seattle Wash., be a meeting of the stockholders for the purpose of increasing the Capital stock of the Seattle Mattress & Upholstery Co. To Fifty Thousand Dollars. Those interested will take notice. T. S. LIPPY, A. G. FOSTER, J. W. EFAW, Trustees. SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE State of Washington for King county. Emily Bruns, plaintiff, vs. Louis Bruns, defendant, No. 36801. The State of Washington to the said Louis Bruns, defendant: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to-wait within sixty (60) days after the 16th day of publication of this summons, to answer entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorney for plaintiff at his office below stated; and in case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you, serving plaintiff and demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. The object of this action is that plaintiff may obtain a divorce from the defendant by reason of and on account of defendant's failure to pay the rent, serving plaintiff at plaintiff be given the custody and control of the minor children of plaintiff and defendant. P. P. HUGHES, Plaintiff, Attorney P. O. Address, 553-5 Burke Building, Seattle, King County, Washington Jan. 16-Feb. 27. NORTHERN RUNS PACIFIC YELLOWSTONE PARK LINE THREE TRAINS DAILY TO THE EAST Leaving Seattle at 1:10 p. m., 6:20 p. m. and 11 p. m. FAMOUS NORTH COAST LIMITED Is again in service. PULLMAN & TOURIST SLEEPING CARS SUPERB DINING CARS St. Paul Minneapolis Duluth To— Fargo Winnippeg Helena Butte The Short Line to ansas City and All Southern Points, with Through Car Service. Tickets to all points in United States and Canada For information, tickets, etc., call or write to I. A. Nadeau, Genl. Agent, Seattle, Wash., A. D. Charlton, A. G. P. A. Portland, Ore. Tickets TO ALL POINTS EAST VIA GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY SHORTEST AND QUICKEST LINE TO St. Paul, Duluth, Minneapolis, Chicago AND ALL POINTS EAST Through Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining and Buffet Smoking Library Cars. Daily Trains. Fast Time Service and Scenery Unequaled. For Rates, Folders and Full Information Regarding Eastern Trip, call on or address S. G. YERKES, A. B. C. DENNISTON, C. P. & T. A. G. W. P. A 612 FIRST AVE., SEATTLE, WASH. The Short Line To Chicago and East IS THE North-Western Line All Trough Trains from North Pacific Coast connect with Trains of this Line IN UNION DEPOT, ST PAUL. THE.... NORTH-WESTERN LIMITED IS THE FINEST TRAIN ENTERING CHICAGO. F. W. PARKER, Gen. Agt. 151 Yesler Way seattle ```markdown ``` COMBINATION of circumstances, unforseen, and unavoidable, has made it necessary for us to change our plans for this Spring's business. When our buyer, Mr. Berman Schoenfeld, went to the Eastern markets the first of the year it was expected that our fine new double floors would be ready for occupancy no later than February 10th. It was also expected that our new five-story brick warehouse at Western Avenue and Pike Street would be ready at about the same time. Now it appears that neither the new store nor the warehouse will be completed until some time during the month of March. In the meantime there are carloads and carloads of furniture en route. Some are ready to unload right now, and before all the purchases are in (Seattle being the distributing point for our Whatcom and Tacoma stores) we believe we will have more furniture here than any other store on the Pacific Coast, not barring even San Francisco. So that the question of lack of store floor space and warehouse facilities will mean much expense and inconvenience. We have given the matter much thought, and have concluded that to obtain at least some relief we would allow the red tags, showing the January sale reductions, to remain on every piece in the store, as well as on new pieces as they arrive, until we can have the use of the space in the fine double floors and the new warehouse. So, during February at least, the reductions and value-giving will be continued. Those who have made purchases here during the January sale will best understand just what this means. ```markdown ``` AMUSEMENTS Mr. Knute Erickson, who appears at the Third Avenue Theater next week in "The Man from Sweden," Chas. Newman's latest success, is a young actor glitched by nature with extraordinary talents. He was born in Sweden, but migrated with his parents to this country when but a small boy. His parents settled in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he spent most of his youth, displaying very marked ability in amateur theatricals. He was finally induced to become an exponent of Swedish dialect characterizations, at which he was adept, by a firm of managers who had seen his work, and under their management he appeared for one season in "Yon Yonson." His versatility and talent attracted the attention of Broadhurst & Currie, the prominent metropolitan managers, who engaged him for a period of years. In "The Man from Sweden" he will have a splendid medium for a truly artistic prototype of the Swedish-American. SEASON OF GRAND OPERA. J. Saunders Gordon, the renowned young impressario, has arranged for a series of appearances at the Grand of the Gordon-Shay Grand Opera Company, the fartmost organization of its kind in America. If the indications are not over sanguine, this will be the musical event of the season in this city as has been the case in every place visited by the company since its inception. No other similar company of equal completeness is now on tour. The prima donna, Rose Cecilia Shay, ranks among the greatest sopranos now before the public, and it is fully conceded she leads all those of American birth. She is young and handsome and has a voice of rare beauty and pronounced dramatic power. Beginning her musical studies in her home city, Cincinnati, she finished at the Milan Conservatory, and made her professional debut at La Scala, the most famous opera house of Italy. The company will appear in repertoire at the Grand for four nights commencing Wednesday, February 11, as follows: On Wednesday night, the opening bill will be "Carmen;" Thursday night, the double bill of "I'Pagliacchi" and "Cavalleria Rusticana;" on Friday night, "Il Trovatore" will be heard; at the Saturday matinee "Carmen," and on Saturday night, "Faust." Murray and Mack in "A Night on Broadway" come to the Grand Sunday for three performances. It is a musical comedy of the up-todate fashion, and from all accounts is designed to be one of the crowning laugh-inciters of the year. It has a variety of characters, some of which are new to the comedy field. The fun is said to be fast and furious, the lines are bright, sparkling and bubbling over with genuine humor, and the people who help to make the skit a success number some of the prettiest, daintiest and talented women on the American stage. The style of entertainment offered by Murray and Mack has no rival in Irish comedy. It is distinct and separate from anything else in the musical comedy world. There is no deep thinking plot, no special reason for the things said and done in "A Night on Broadway," but it is funny, and that is what the public demands, and somehow it pleases. Perhaps because there is so much of the serious in life that we welcome this diversification and like it. Mr. Joseph McLeod returned last Tuesday from a seven month's ocean voyage looking the picture of health. He, however, found Mrs. McLeod in poor health, it being necessary for her to undergo a surgical operation in the near future. The New York child labor commission has discovered that more children under lawful age are grinding their lives out in New York city than in all the Southern states put together. Why doesn't Roosevelt close the sweatshops?—Memphis Scimitar. Gifts of 1902.—Appleton's Annual Encyclopedia for 1902 estimates that the amount of money given during the year to religious, educational and philanthropic institutions in gifts of $5,000 or more amounted to $5,000,000. Of this amount $36,519,894 were given to charities; $28,150,803 to educational institutions; $4,970,800 to libraries; $4,869,700 to churches and $2,886,000 to art galleries, museums, etc. Announcement L. Schoenfeld & Sons Your Credit Is Good